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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 "1986"- Chapter 15 "1989".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the doctor say "are protein formations that usually appear in the brain of Alzheimer's patients" (7)?
(a) Neurofibrillary proteins.
(b) Amyloid plaque.
(c) Neurological protein inhibitors.
(d) Alzheimer's plaque.

2. Where did Antara and Dilip meet?
(a) At the airport.
(b) At a French bakery.
(c) In college.
(d) At a German bakery.

3. What did the pandit do to indicate Antara's divorce from the god during her ceremonial marriage and divorce?
(a) Stomp on the bronze idol.
(b) Rip the idol from her hands and put it away.
(c) Rip off her necklace and smear red paint on her forehead.
(d) Rip off Antara's blindfold.

4. What does Tara do after giving Antara water in "1986"?
(a) She tells her she will be okay.
(b) She cradles her and cries.
(c) She hits her.
(d) She tells her they are leaving the ashram.

5. What is one way Dilip tries to solve the problem Antara has with her father?
(a) He invites her father over the house for dinner.
(b) He begins to call her father every week.
(c) He suggests they invite him to dinner at the Club.
(d) He schedules weekly lunches for Antara and her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dilip's mother ask Tara when they are planning the wedding details at the end of the second chapter?

2. Where was Kali Mata born?

3. Why does Antara's father chastise her when she visits him in Chapter 4?

4. Why did Antara's father's family move so often when he was young?

5. What does Antara tell their maid Vandana she wants her to do in the chapter "1989"?

(see the answer key)

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